Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Spring Weather Theme: Clouds

The girls are very interested in clouds these days so to end our Spring Weather Theme we talked a bit about clouds.

Books:

Cloudette

Little Cloud

The Cloud Book

Activity #1: Cloud Mini Books

Using the information we learned from The Coud Book we made our very own simple mini own cloud books.

What You Need:Cloud Book Template
Shaving Cream
Glue
Cotton Balls
Blue Constuction Paper
Plain White Paper
Silver Glitter Paint (you could just use gray paint or something similar as well)

What To Do:

1. For the Cover we used Puffy Paint to make our clouds! Puffy paint is so much fun! I don't measure but I try to use equal parts shaving cream and glue by eye - it always seems to work well enough anyway!
It came out so cute!

2. Page 1 - Cumulus Clouds

We used puffy cotton balls to make a cloud shape and glued on the wording as we discussed the type of cloud.﻿

3. Page 2 - Cirrus Clouds

We used cotton balls that we pulled﻿ apart to make them appear feathery and glued on the wording as we discussed the type of cloud.﻿

Page 3 - Stratus Clouds

Again we used cottong balls for the clouds but we pulled them and tried to make a blanket on the page and then painted them with silver glitter paint so they would look gray & stormy. Finally, we glued on the wording as we discussed the type of cloud.﻿﻿

Here's a peek at all the pages - they must be completely dry before you staple your book together!

Activity #2: Making Words with Letter Tiles (based on the book Little Cloud)